Quran 42:52 — Ash-Shura, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So We have revealed a spirit to you [Prophet] by Our command: you knew neither the Scripture nor the faith, but We made it a light, guiding with it whoever We will of Our servants. You give guidance to the straight path,
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا ۚ مَا كُنْتَ تَدْرِي مَا الْكِتَابُ وَلَا الْإِيمَانُ وَلَـٰكِنْ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُورًا نَهْدِي بِهِ مَنْ نَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِي إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
wakadhālika awḥaynā ilayka rūḥan min amrinā mā kunta tadrī mā l-kitābu walā l-īmānu walākin jaʿalnāhu nūran nahdī bihi man nashāu min ʿibādinā wa-innaka latahdī ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Even so We have revealed to thee a Spirit of Our bidding. Thou knewest not what the Book was, nor belief; but We made it a light, whereby We guide whom We will of Our servants. And thou, surely thou shalt guide unto a straight path --
- Muhammad Asad
- And thus, too, [O Muhammad,] have We revealed unto thee a life-giving message, [coming] at Our behest. [Ere this message came unto thee,] thou didst not know what revelation is, nor what faith [implies]: but [now] We have caused this [message] to be a light, whereby We guide whom We will of Our servants: and, verily, [on the strength thereof] thou, too, shalt guide [men] onto the straight way –
- Sahih International
- And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command [i.e., the Qur’ān]. You did not know what is the Book or [what is] faith, but We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants. And indeed, [O Muḥammad], you guide to a straight path -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālika | And thus | — |
| 2 | أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynā | We have revealed | وحي |
| 3 | إِلَيْكَilayka | to you | — |
| 4 | رُوحًۭاrūḥan | an inspiration | روح |
| 5 | مِّنْmin | by | — |
| 6 | أَمْرِنَا ۚamrinā | Our Command | أمر |
| 7 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 8 | كُنتَkunta | (did) you | كون |
| 9 | تَدْرِىtadrī | know | دري |
| 10 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 11 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābu | the Book (is) | كتب |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 13 | ٱلْإِيمَـٰنُl-īmānu | the faith | أمن |
| 14 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | But | — |
| 15 | جَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhu | We have made it | جعل |
| 16 | نُورًۭاnūran | a light | نور |
| 17 | نَّهْدِىnahdī | We guide | هدي |
| 18 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 19 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 20 | نَّشَآءُnashāu | We will | شيأ |
| 21 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 22 | عِبَادِنَا ۚʿibādinā | Our slaves | عبد |
| 23 | وَإِنَّكَwa-innaka | And indeed, you | — |
| 24 | لَتَهْدِىٓlatahdī | surely guide | هدي |
| 25 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 26 | صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭin | (the) Path | صرط |
| 27 | مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīmin | Straight | قوم |